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Research: “Emojis in Scholarly Communication:🔥 or 💩?”
From the Scholcomm Lab Blog: The future of the emoji may be uncertain, but one thing is abundantly clear. Emojis are booming. From classic smiley faces to dancing “party parrots,” there are now almost 3,000 options to choose from. They fill our text messages, our Slack chats, our emails—even some of our books. In 2015 […]
Germany: “Projekt Deal and Springer Nature Reach Understanding On World’s Largest Transformative Open Access Agreement”
From a Joint Announcement: Summary: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed today in Berlin; final contract to be concluded later this year. The agreement will be open to all member institutions of Projekt DEAL (700+ publically and privately funded academic and research organisations in Germany) which means substantially enhanced access to Springer Nature content for almost […]
Roundup (August 22, 2019)
JUST IN Pep Carrera Named President of ProQuest Books, Comes to PQ After Serving as President/Chief Operating Officer of Ingram’s VitalSource Blog Post: Implementing DORA: A Librarians Perspective (via SFDora.org) by Curtis Brundy, Iowa State University Survey Says Scientists Mistrust A Large Amount Of Published Research (via New Scientist)
Watch Online: Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, in Conversation with Ray Suarez at NYU DC
The video embedded below was recorded at NYU DC on July 25, 2019 and posted online earlier today. In Conversation: Dr. Carla Hayden and Ray Suarez The Library of Congress is home to some of the most valuable treasures and historical documents in the nation, perhaps the world. The NYU John Brademas Center’s Young Leaders […]
National Archives (NARA) Announces Partnership with Veterans Administration to Digitize U.S. Navy and Coast Guard Deck Logs From Vessels with Vietnam-Era Service, Material Will Be Made Available Online
From the National Archives and Records Administration: The National Archives entered into an agreement Aug. 9 with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to digitize U.S. Navy and Coast Guard deck logs from vessels with Vietnam-era service. “Our goal is to support the processing of claims by the VA and enable sailors to relive […]
Research Tools: “An Updated PubMed is on its Way!” (Webinar Recording)
From the National Library of Medicine: This video highlights the main features you can expect in the new PubMed, including those already available in PubMed Labs. A timeline is included, as is some background on the new PubMed development process. The webinar was recorded on August 14, 2019. Demo New Features Direct to PubMed Labs
Journal Article: “Discovering Open Access Engineering Journals: An Examination of Indexing Rates for DOAJ and Non-DOAJ Content”
The following article was published by “Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL).” Title Discovering Open Access Engineering Journals: An Examination of Indexing Rates for DOAJ and Non-DOAJ Content Author James Bierman University of Oklahoma Source Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship (ISTL) No 91 (2019) DOI: 10.29173/istl1 Abstract This study examines the indexing of […]
Library of Congress Provides Update on Crowdsourcing Projects & a New Campaign Coming Soon
From LOC (via E-Mail): Exactly one week after kicking off our Summer Suffrage Review Challenge, 2,258 pages were newly completed! We originally asked volunteers to review and complete 1,000 pages in the “Suffrage: Women Fight for the Vote” collection in one week to honor the tireless efforts of women’s suffrage activists who won the right […]
Library of Congress Provides Update on “Suffrage: Women Fight for the Vote” Crowdsourcing Project & a New Campaign Coming Soon
From LOC (via E-Mail): Exactly one week after kicking off our Summer Suffrage Review Challenge, 2,258 pages were newly completed! We originally asked volunteers to review and complete 1,000 pages in the “Suffrage: Women Fight for the Vote” collection in one week to honor the tireless efforts of women’s suffrage activists who won the right […]